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Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Fall, Broken Ankle by On August 21, 2006, a South Carolina jury awarded $4,000 to a man who fell and broke his ankle while imprisoned in the Charleston County Detention Center. Plaintiff Clark Green, 40, claimed that while imprisoned in the two-story jail he …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $52,000 in Bookshelf Injury Resulting in Blindness by In 1987, Charles W. Dickerson, a prisoner then confined at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon was severely attacked and assaulted by another prisoner. As a result of the incident, Dickerson lost his left eye and his right …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $78,150 in Bus Slip and Fall by On October 23, 1992 Cheryl Turner Jennings, a free citizen of the State of Washington visiting a prisoner, fractured her left ankle while attempting to exit a bus owned by the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections. Jennings, …
Washington DOC Pays $1,700 in Faulty Kettle Claim by On December 6th, 1989 Alvin Lee Prater, then a prisoner confined at McNeil Island Corrections Center in Steilacoom, Washington, suffered a fall that injured both his right knee and lower back. Prater was working in the institution's kitchen when he was …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $5,500 for Faulty Stairs by On December 1st, 1999 Edward Tuinman, a prisoner confined at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington, fell half way through a faulty set of stairs leading to the prison hospital. Tuinman was on his way to the medical floor when his …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $4,000 in Parking Lot Slip and Fall by In 1994 Robert A. Hamack tripped fell in the parking lot of Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington. Hamack and his wife were on their way to visit a prisoner when Hamack, after dropping his wife off at the …
Washington DOC Pays $50,000 to Injured Contractor by In 1999, the State of Washington paid Ramon Martin $50,000. Martin, a free citizen of the State of Washington was employed as a contractor with Washington State. On June 30, 1996, Martin delivered a bucket loader to Clallam Bay Corrections Center in …
Prisoner Burned Washington DOC Paid $4,500 by On June 3, 1994, John L. Cox, a prisoner confined at the Twin Rivers Correctional Facility in Monroe, Washington, was severely burned. Cox, working as a steam fitter, was ordered to remove a fitting to repair a broken pump when the fitting blew …
Washington DOC Pays $10,500 in Slip and Fall by In 1997, the State of Washington and the Department of Corrections paid Mark A. Kostatelos $10,500. Kostatelos, a prisoner residing at McNeil Island Correctional Center in Steilacoom County, Washington, worked in the marine maintenance and repair shop as a marine mechanic. …
Article • May 15, 2007
$23,000 Washington DOC Negligence Baseball Field Maintenance Settlement by In 1992, Willie Tripplet, a prisoner confined at Pine Lodge Pre-Release in Medical Lake, Washington. was injured during a recreational baseball game. Tripplet tripped in a hole in front of home base as he attempted to slide, injuring his right hand, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $5,750 in Bunk Fall Case by In January of 1996, prisoner Ronald J. Joyner as injured climbing down from his top bunk. Joyner, a prisoner at Washington Correctional Center in Shelton, Washington, fell climbing from a window ledge onto a chair that collapsed underneath him. Joyner dislocated …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Pays $1,063.49 to Settle Slip and Fall by On August 7th, 1997, Alvinia Lott, an employee for the Department of Corrections, fell on the gravel at Clallam Bay Corrections Center in Clallam County, Washington, while leaving work. Lott, then 65, complained that there was no hand rail to …
Washington DOC Pays $4,500 in Kitchen Hose Explosion by On April 11th, David Whitener, a prisoner confined at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington suffered severe burns while working in the institution's kitchen. Whitmer was washing dishes in the dish tank when the hot water hose attached to the …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ferry Rams Dock, State of Washington Pays $1,294 by On June 8th, 1997, Colleen E. Castanada was riding the Department of Corrections operated Callam Ferry when it rammed into the side of a dock. Castanada, who was on her way to visit a prisoner at McNeil Island Corrections Center in …
Article • May 15, 2007
Washington DOC Settles Ferry Fall Suit for $60,000 by On February 17th, 1993 Fernie Wayne Gay, a resident of McNeil Island, Washington slipped and fell on an icy patch in a ferry dock of McNeil Island's Corrections Center. Gay suffered a variety of injuries including bruises, contusions, a soft tissue …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Awarded $26,500 For Fall From Top Bunk by On July 23, 2002, a judge awarded a New York prisoner $24,500 for injuries suffered when she fell from a top bunk she should not have been assigned to. New York state prisoner Carmen Cirino had an injured leg …
Article • May 15, 2007
New York Prisoner Awarded $100 for Delayed Pain Medication by On December 30, 2003, a court of claims in Albany, New York awarded a state prisoner $100 for pain and suffering associated with the prison's failure to timely provide pain medication after he broke his hand. Plaintiff Jonathan Greene, a …
Article • May 15, 2007
Ohio Prisoner Injured in Fall Loses State Negligence Suit by On August 24, 2004 an Ohio magistrate judge held that a state prisoner, who was injured in a fall while being escorted, failed to prove her negligence claim against the prison. Jennifer Wysong, a prisoner at the Ohio Reformatory for …
Article • May 15, 2007
Rhode Island Prisoner Awarded $2,000 for Fractured Wrist by On April 2, 1996, a jury in Providence County, Rhode Island awarded $2,000 to a state prisoner who was injured when a platform collapsed beneath him. Prisoner Lucas Tiberio, 20, was lifting weights when the platform on which he was seated …
Article • May 15, 2007
D.C. Prisoner's $125,000 Award for Medication Denial, Back Injury Upheld by In this case involving a prisoner who was denied pain medication and was subsequently injured in a fall, the District of Columbia. Court of Appeals held that standard of care was established, proximate cause was proven, and the $125,000 …
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